An economy is operating with optimum efficiency if

A. the price of the product is greater than marginal cost.
B. the production of more of commodity A entails the production of less of commodity B.
C. marginal cost of output is greater than marginal utility of output.
D. an increase in output would result in a decrease in average cost per unit.


Answer: B

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